Sony alpha 300 manual

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    Digital SLR Camera Imag es of beauty f or e v er y one Pr inte d in Japa n Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4 / Windows XP*SP2 / Windows Vista*, Mac OS X ( v. 10.4 ) or later Image Data Converter SR ver . 2.0 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4 / Windows XP*SP2 / Windows Vista*, Mac OS X ( v. 10.4 ) or later Image Data Lightbox SR ver . 1.[...]

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    Fre e s t y l e s hooti ng. When shooting b ecomes a dialogue A new level of s ho ot ing f reed om m akes S LR p hoto gra phy ea s ie r an d mo re fun t ha n ever Th e 3 0 0 i s a n exci ti ng n ew di g ital S L R th at g i ves you un p rece de nted fre ed om i n wh ere a nd h ow you s hoot. Feat ur i ng revolu ti on a r y Q ui ck A F L ive Vi ew ?[...]

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    4 5 DT 55 -20 0 m m F4 - 5 .6 ( S AL5 520 0 ) , S po r t s ac ti o n mo d e ( 1 /50 0 sec ., F5. 6 ) , IS O 10 0 , Au to wh i te ba l a nc e DT1 8 -70 m m F3.5 -5 .6 ( S A L18 7 0 ) , P mo de ( 1/ 10 0 s ec ., F8 ) , I S O 10 0, A uto w h it e ba l an ce Set y our cr eativit y fr ee w i th Qu ick A F Liv e Vie w fr eest yle s hooting Un l ike previ[...]

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    6 7 40° 130° -1. 0 Au to No r ma l v iew ( 1x ) Wit h 1.4x S m ar t T e le co nve r te r Wi th 2 x S m a r t Tel ec onv er t er Dayligh t +1. 0 A t la s t , li v e vie w s hooting with t rue SLR - clas s a utof oc us ing 120 0 -zone e val u at i ve me ter i ng Re al - ti m e exp o su re c om p en s at i on d i s p la y Re al - ti m e wh i te ba l[...]

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    8 9 Vibr a nt , true - t o - lif e color r epr oduction with rich image det ail and t onal gr adat ion DT 55 -20 0 m m F4 .- 5 .6 ( SA L552 0 0 ) , A m od e, F14 ( 1 /5 0 s ec . ) , I SO 10 0, Aut o wh i te ba l a nc e A 1 0.2- megapixel CCD image sen sor for beauti ful, high - de nit ion imaging Th e 3 0 0 's h ig h - res ol ut i on CCD i [...]

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    10 11 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 Built - in f eatur es f or s harp , clear imaging in vir tually an y si tuat ion Supe r S teadySho t ® Inside for g reater ha ndh eld shooting f ree do m Anti- dus t protection f or cleaner imag es D -Range Optimizer for super ior exposure balance An a d van ce d D - Ran ge O pt i mi ze r he l ps e n s ure be a ut i[...]

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    12 13 100 ~81% 0% 80 ~51% 50~21 % 20 ~ 1% Portrait 1 2 Press Select VG-B30AM NP-FM500H Photo display on a PhotoTV HD-compatible BRAVIA HDTV Enhanced creativity and operating ease mak e shooting and vie wing more fun Eas y di al a cc es s to b as i c exp os ure a nd s ce ne m od es Auto p op - u p a s h Po wer and v ersati lity for extended shoot[...]

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    14 15     New * DT series lenses are compatible only with digital SLR cameras that are equipped with an AP S - C type sensor. Self-timer lamp Built-in ash AEL / Zoom in button Smart teleconverter button Exposure / Zoom out / Index button POWER switch MENU button DISP (Display) / LCD brightness button Delete button Playback button LCD monitor[...]